Floats for F1 fishing.

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- 12/04/2010 at 7:01 pm #38672
  JLA14978
  Hello chaps,
  I’ve been fishing for F1s for the first time recently on a shallow venue full of snags and features. As you can imagine, I was not prepared for the job and ended up with a load of smashed floats and tangled rigs. What floats should I be using to avoid getting them smashed to bits? I need something around 4×8 or 4×10 which is as strong as hell while retaining sensitivity for fickle biting F1s. HELP!!!!!!!!!!
- 12/04/2010 at 7:23 pm #101929
  con2302
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  I use Drennan Tuff eye but I don’t think they do them in 4×8
- 12/04/2010 at 7:24 pm #101930
  TF_shallowman
  Pete rice floats from Tunnel Barn Farm .
  
  Or tbf specials from Gerrys of Nottingham
- 12/04/2010 at 7:29 pm #101931
  Baz Walters
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  Malman snake 4s you wont break these and he does them in 4×8.
- 12/04/2010 at 9:36 pm #101950
  adam1
  Participant
  try the malman massato?
- 12/04/2010 at 10:41 pm #101953
  TF_nick_the_2nd
  I sell lots of these where guys are fishing for F1s on shallow snaggy venues tight to cover. They are very tough! 1.5mm tips would be your best bet.
  http://www.float-store.co.uk/shop/category_13/Finesse-Glass-Stem.html?shop_param=cid%3D%26
- 12/04/2010 at 11:08 pm #101954
  TF_youngy
  hillbilly ratcatchers
- 13/04/2010 at 7:47 am #101966
  TF_Hillbilly
  You could try these
  
  http://www.hillbillyfloats.co.uk/floats/web-f1-guzzunder.jpg ~think
  
  Or these
  
  http://www.hillbillyfloats.co.uk/floats/web-billybob.jpg ~think
- 13/04/2010 at 9:39 am #101973
  Sammydimple
  How about the Carpa f1’s?????
  
  I’ve not tried them yet but my local shop, The Tackle Barn in Plymouth has them in stock and they look pretty good.
- 13/04/2010 at 7:16 pm #102035
  JLA14978
  Keep the suggestions coming!! As I said, it’s the first time I’ve fished properly for F1s and I’ve never seen such fickle biting fish, they make crucians look like they’re hanging themselves! I’m going to buy some of everything you suggest as I freely admit I have no idea when it comes to F1 fishing.
  Also, I’ve heard that they like coming shallow. How would you fish for such delicate biters up in the water?
- 13/04/2010 at 7:51 pm #102041
  paste
  If you can get them shalla mate, they aint so delicate biters, they tend to be laccy rippers ~clap
- 13/04/2010 at 7:52 pm #102042
  TF_Hillbilly
  F1’s shallow try these –
  
  http://www.hillbillyfloats.co.uk/floats/web-rat-1.jpg ~think
  
  or these –
  
  http://www.hillbillyfloats.co.uk/floats/web-rat-2.jpg ~think
- 13/04/2010 at 8:27 pm #102047
  pellethead76
  i use neils ratcatchers for 90% of my shalla fishin there awesome and indestructable, had lots of big weights shalla on em plus they double up as a great mudline/rathole floats aswell. the purple 1s the ratcatcher2s
- 13/04/2010 at 8:59 pm #102054
  TF_mp.milo
  Ratcatchers for me as well,strong as you like.
- 13/04/2010 at 9:00 pm #102055
  TF_bully100
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  Have a look at the carpa bully not as strong as the hand made floats but is somewhere inbetween strenth and finese.
- 13/04/2010 at 9:06 pm #102056
  TF_MICK THE BOOKIE
  JLA…….If its allowed just use the “Floating Pole” my old mate.Try 3ft deep first off,and go shallower if needs must.Keep feeding 4ms over the the top and wait for the elastic to stretch….No missed bites…No tangles…No smashed rigs…And plenty of the buggers in the net….easy peasy…lol.
- 13/04/2010 at 9:08 pm #102057
  TF_nick_the_2nd
  Handmade floats have plenty of finesse if you buy the right patterns. They are just put together properly with good quality materials so they don’t fall apart!
  
  I do a lot of F1 fishing from this time of the year on, asuming the bait is pellet, for up to 18in deep go for a dibber
  http://www.float-store.co.uk/shop/article_156/NG-Xtra-Tough-Dibber-
  Any deeper I use this float pattern
  http://www.float-store.co.uk/shop/article_139/NG-Wire-Decker-0.1g%2C-Red.html?shop_param=cid%3D23%26aid%3D139%26
- 14/04/2010 at 8:35 am #102078
  TF_ubat
  Just to agree with what has been said, hand made floats are what you should be looking at, Hillbillys are quality.
- 14/04/2010 at 7:28 pm #102142
  TF_Matt Love
  JLA14978
  
  I don’t think having a strong float means that you can’t detect shy bites, all the popular hand-made float makers should have a sensitive pattern that is strong, the strength is in the way they are made and not how big or thick the tips are.
  
  I would forget the factory made floats and try out some hand made ones, you won’t look back!
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